Communist League

The Communist League was a political party that existed from 1847 to 1852, led by Karl Marx, Friedrich Ebert, and Karl Schapper. The party was founded in Brussels, Belgium by German socialist activists, and The Communist Manifesto was written as a statement of the league's goals in 1848. The Communist League was disbanded after the league's leaders were arrested and tried in Cologne in 1852, and Marx and Ebert went into exile in London, England.